Marlboro voters defeat school budget, oust board members

MARLBORO, N.Y. -- The Marlboro school district's proposed budget was defeated on Tuesday, 1,266-734, according to the district's website.

The proposed $50,441,631 budget would have decreased spending by $2,513,327, or 4.8 percent, from the current budget of $52,954,958. It called for $35,039,142 to be raised by property taxes, a decrease of $5,563,647, or 13.7 percent, from the current levy of $40,602,789. While the tax levy would have decreased, the tax rate would have increased by about 14.9 percent.

Bill Bell, Russell Conley and David Conn were elected to the school board, with 1,196, 944 and 777 votes, respectively. Incumbents James Sullivan and Ken Brooks lost, receiving 432 and 457 votes, respectively.